Rocking toy



c. E. MORRIS.

ROCKING TOY.

APPLICATIOh FILED JUNE 7 1920.

Patented May 2, 1922.,

CHARLES E. MORRIS,-OF LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES W.

. PARKER, OF LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS.

ROCKING TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1922.

Application filed .Tune 7, 1920. SerialNo. 387,060.

[0 (1H whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. MoRRIs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Leavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth and State ofKansas, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in RockingToys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in rocking toys.

The object of my invention is to provide a rocking toy which is cheap tomake, durable and notliable to get out of order, which simulates awalking animal and which wil afford exercise and amusement.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the preferred embodimentof my invention,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly broken away. of my improved rockingtoy, having a 'form simulating a duck.

Fig. 2 is a top view of What is shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the toy.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation showing another position of the toy.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the differentviews.

1 designates the body of the toy which may be a representation of anyanimal and which inthe drawing imulates a duck.

Adapted to support the body are one or more front legs 2, each having arocker foot 3 having the usual arcuatesupporting surface of a rocker.

At the rear of the legs 2 are one or more legs 4, each preferably,having a substantially flat foot 5. The legs 4 are pivoted to the body 1by a transverse bolt 6, which,

' preferably, is at the rear of the legs 2 and in a vertical plane atthe rear of the forward ends of the feet 5.

The legs 4 are respectively mounted in recesses 7 extending upwardlyfrom the under side of the body 1. In the rocking of the toy, the rearedges of the legs 4 are adapted to bear against the rear surfaces 8 ofthe recesses 7.

Supported by the body and preferably mounted on the upper sides of therocker feet 3 is a transverse bar 9 having in its upper side two notches10 which form stirrups for receiving the feet of the rider.

Attached to the body 1 near its upper front portion, and preferablysecured respectively to opposite sides of the neck 11 are two hand holds12. V

13 designates a lower jaw which is pivoted by a transverse pin 14 to thehead 15, the pivotal arrangement being such that the jaw will open andclose when the toy is rocked.

In the operation of my invention, the rider sits on the body 1 with hisfeet resting in the stirrups 10 and his hands grasping the hand holds12, the parts being in the position shown in solid lines in Fig. 1.

If now the rider leans backwardly and of the rider, force the body andlegs2 or wardly until the parts assume the position shown in dottedlines in Fig.- 1. If now the rider leans forwardly, and pressesforwardly on the hand holds 12, the body'will have the weighttransferred to the rocker feet 3 and the rocker feet will rock to theposition shown in Fig. 4, thereby liftin the bolt 6 and permittingthe'legs 5 'to swlng by gravity to the position shown in Fig. 4, inwhich position the feet 5 will strike the feet 3, thus limiting theforward swinging of the legs 4. The rider then rocks backwardly to theposition shown in solid lines in Fig. 1.

By repeating the sequence of operations just above described the toywill be caused to walk forward step by step with a rocking motion.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, asmany modifications, within the cope of the appended claims, may be madewithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is a 1. A rocking toy having a body adapted to support aperson, means for rockingly supporting the body, the body having a por-100 Q I t amet tion simulating an animals head, the head foot andadapted to strike the latter so as to limit the forward swinging of saidleg,

the foot of the leg having a flat straight bot- 10 1 tom surface,substantially as set forth.

In testimony-whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CHARLES 1a Moams.

